GTA VI could be delayed to 2026

Late last year, Rockstar Games finally revealed the next entry in the industry-defining GTA series more than a decade after the last. Announced to be coming in 2025, it would appear as though Rockstar will need more time to get GTA VI out of the door – possibly a whole extra year.

As reported by Kotaku, following the announcement that Rockstar devs will be mandated to stop working from home and instead operate exclusively from the studio’s offices, the publication took a deep dive into GTA VI’s current development.

Despite initially hoping for an early 2025 release, development is said to be “falling behind” – leading in part to the aforementioned return-to-office mandate.

While Spring 2025 is supposedly still the target, GTA VI’s release date could be pushed back to late 2025 or even 2026 in the worst-case-scenario as a “fallback plan.”

With it having been more than a decade now since the release of GTA V, the devs at Rockstar should take as much extra time as they need in order to ensure the game’s launch goes without a hitch – and more importantly to ensure the devs’ wellbeing.

KitGuru says: Are you surprised by the potential delay? Are you happy to wait till 2026 for GTA VI? What do you think of the return-to-office mandate? Let us know down below.

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